A public opinion poll released Saturday of Puerto Ricans living in Florida reveals reasons for Democrats and Republicans to be relieved — and worried. … An estimated 1.2 million Puerto Ricans now live in Florida, a population that rivals the number of Cubans, who have historically been enormously influential in […] Read more »
Americans viewed Hurricane Maria as if it was happening in another country
Hurricane Maria may have killed more than 4,600 Americans in Puerto Rico, according to a recent academic report, but Americans paid a lot less attention to the storm compared to storms of similar or even lesser magnitude. In the aftermath of Maria, a number of polls were taken to judge […] Read more »
A Growing Majority Of Americans Say Puerto Ricans are Not Yet Getting the Help They Need
Two months after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, a growing majority of Americans say that Puerto Ricans affected by the devastating storm are not yet getting the help they need, the November Kaiser Family Foundation Tracking Poll finds. This month, 70 percent of the public say that people in Puerto […] Read more »
Support for Puerto Rican statehood increases in wake of Maria
By a narrow margin, more voters think Puerto Rico should become a state than think it should stay a territory. According to the latest Fox News Poll, 41 percent say Puerto Rico should become the 51st star on the flag. … The increase in support for statehood comes as Puerto […] Read more »
Most Americans Say Puerto Ricans Are Not Yet Getting the Help They Need After Hurricane Maria
As President Trump threatens to scale back the federal response to help Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria, most Americans say that Puerto Ricans affected by Hurricane Maria are not yet getting the help they need (62%), and about half say that the federal government has been too slow to […] Read more »
Puerto Ricans are a surging, outraged political force in Florida in the aftermath of Maria
… In interviews over the past week, local residents and storm refugees have expressed dismay at the slow pace of aid to Puerto Rico and have derided President Trump as callous in word and deed. That could bring political ramifications here in the nation’s largest swing state, where more than […] Read more »